West County Line Road
name changes - was moved to the beginning of the meeting by Shane McHenry. He
checked with Tami Wissman (wife of former sheriff Dave Wissman) to see if all West
County Line Rd residents were present or if they should wait to start. She
indicated that those she knew were coming were present. He apologized to them
for what had happened and said they were doing to make changes so this won’t
happen again. Mark McCormack and Todd Listerman were asked to come up for
explaining the process and why this was done.McCormack said that a committee was set up of several departments and
they were changing road names to make them consistent. Examples were things
like N Dearborn vs North Dearborn. This was so that search engines for
assessor, 911, etc would all be able to find these roads. Mark McCormack did
further research with former staff who had served this committee. This group
met twice a month and went thru all the roads alphabetically to fix these per Listerman
also. Letters were sent out to residents so they would know of changes. Some
roads were renamed into two parts officially like West and East Laughery for
example. The County Line road issues are coming up with 911 as they came across
into Ripley County for emergency responders. Charlie Ashley also weighed in on
the 911 issues. McCormack said that this was the first road name change of this
magnitude and they were previously doing mostly numeric changes. He thinks we
should change this process for the future and this should involve the
commissioners’ approval. Barkley and Noel were road name changes based on old
property owners that had a large amount of property there. They were trying to
give it some sort of local flavor. Letters were sent out January 6 and 67 went
out. One was to Commissioners as county owns a piece on this road. Letters had
been written before Christmas- but waited until after the first of the year so
that it wouldn’t affect Christmas deliveries etc.McCormack did say that he believes the names
should be changed if there are any 911 response time issues and postal delivery
issues. Addresses are done south to
north and east to west per Listerman.Road names are now one word like Stateline and no abbreviations or
apostrophes. Listerman also explained why Barkley was named and not continued
as Coldsprings due to the numbering system we used. He said also that they
should have sought more input. Both McCormack and Listerman reiterated their
apologies and said they could have handled this better. Charlie Ashley said
that 911 was not part of this committee. (perhaps Ashley is unaware of his
dept. rep attending when Ron Barnhart was handling the committee inthe beginning) McCormack said that Ron Barnhart had contacted
that dept to be part of committee in the beginning. McHenry said that the bottom
line was whether or not West County Line
needed to be changed. He realizes some people may have made changes and some
haven’t so some people might still be upset if they did some check printing
etc. The commissioners then voted to NOT change the name so it reverts back to
the original name. Commissioners asked McCormack to make some ordinance change
to make sure all name changes pass through the commissioners for approval.
Baudendistel would review this also. They will get this accomplished in the
next 2-4 weeks. Public invited to speak. Tami Wissman- said that it was
important to keep it the same and thanked them for listening to them. McHenry
said that now we have fixed the problem for them and for the future. She also
turned in their petitions to commissioners. Rick Hudson- postmaster of Moores
Hill will send out letters for the notification to save county money. ( $6 per
letter certified) County was appreciative of that help. Linda Heidt of one of the churches and
cemeteries there was appreciative of them keeping it the same. Listerman will
have all new West County Line signs at all the intersections when the weather permits.
She also alerted the county to signage needed on Boyd Road to alert semis etc
of the inability for them to pass thru to West County Line safely. Glen Wright
also informed residents that name changes do not affect their deeds. Lynch also
thanked everyone for being here and doing part of their job to keep the county
in line.

OLD BUSINESS: started at 9:30 AM

Appointments:

Highway Engineer- Todd
Listerman was reappointed.

911 Director- tabled again

Bill Black- District 9 Planning Council- tabled again

NEW BUSINESS:

Planning and Zoning-
Mark McCormack- Proposed changes to Article 8 – Floodplain regulation-
Baudendistel said there were some federal standards that changed that affected
ours. PC met Dec 16th and forwarded a favorable recommendation to
amend the ordinance and added sections. This makes sure we qualify for national
flood insurance program. New flood maps are in affect by April 16, 2014. McCormack
noted that larger areas are in the flood plain due to development generally.
Indiana has one of the largest amounts of flood insurance because of allowances
along the Ohio River for building. Art
Little said that it is not good for businesses with the new maps etc. The levee
is not recognized by both Army Corps and FEMA now. Just by one of the
agencies.Commissioners approved the
changes to article 8.

Ruth Ann Batta-
request to approach council for summer art camp funding- this is really a
class for kids who love art. 32 in each class and 4 classes. Had 2 kids from
Colorado visiting and they took them also. They go to colleges to see art
careers. They are going to state parks this year to work with naturalists and
do print making, painting, crafts and drawing class. They will go to the Miller
House in Columbus IN and see the architecture. They will also do the
architecture and history of Columbus while they are there. Program costs
$12,000 but the county has funded $2000 a year. Marlene Livingston will guest
lecture also. McHenry wanted to know if she had a class in stick figure art.
. Commissioners gave permission for her to go to Council for
$2000 funding again. [NOTE: It should be noted that Batta goes thru the proper
process for this request. Several other kids organizations go straight to
Council for their funding. It should also be noted that the county audit every
year states that charitable donations are not a proper use of Riverboat Revenue.
In any event- as the boat money gets tighter, organizations need to find
alternative sources of funding.]

ATTORNEY: Andy
Baudendistel- unsafe building ordinance tabled until Feb 18th- it
has been emailed to commissioners. He sent it for review up to state inspector
also. He also sent commissioners a mutual aid agreement with Franklin County in
case we need FEMA funds after a disaster. We also need them with the other
counties. These are with the coroners of each county. Commissioners approved
Baudendistel doing these agreements. He has no issues with Sunman Life Squad
paperwork or the agreements with the highway dept to be discussed later this
meeting. He will also look over Animal Control ordinance soon. Baudendistel
left at this point for court duties.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer:

Signature on housekeeping letter to Beam Longest and Neff,
LLC for Stateline Road project. In 1999 construction inspection was part of the
contract. (14 years ago) They terminated that contract and are opening it to
consultants to get to what today’s needs really are. Commissioners signed the
letter.

Change Order 2 for Bridge #41- Lake Tambo- open to traffic
and they will do erosion control this spring. Additional asphalt pavement was
needed and ROW acquisition to get a catch basin by his driveway instead of open
ditch to avoid damaging a tree. $7500.53. Signed by commissioners.

INDOT approved Parsons Brinkerhoff and the county for
contract for April letting for Bridge 55.

Was informed by INDOT that bridge 24 Cold Springs Rd for
fiscal 2017. Maybe 2016 beginning.$960,000 is the 80% and we are responsible for the other 20%.

County has obtained more salt but at increased prices. He latest
supply came from Cleveland.

Signatures EMS
Contract- Sunman Area Life Squad- approved for $40,000 for their 2 units.

ADMINISTRATOR:
Teresa Randall – Whitewater Mill- the Redevelopment Commission is ready to
transfer the property to them. Barnes and Thornburg prepared these and reviewed
by Andrea Ewan. The first is a vendors affidavit for quit claiming the property
to Whitewater Mills LLC- and commissioners signed this. Certification of non-
foreign status entity was signed by commissioners. This is for a tax issue that
would be dealt with IF the Mills were a foreign entity. The actual quit claim
deed was read by Randall. They sold it for $1. Commissioners signed it and Dave
Deddens, the President of the Redevelopment Commission, will sign it.

Randall said the groundbreaking was well attended last week.

She wanted to bring the commissioners up to date on the
architect selection for the courthouse. She said the Council has approved money
for this. The y put together a committee and they have gotten it down to 2
final candidates. John Maxwell was present for this. DLZ and Schmidt Associates
are the 2 final candidates. They have historical background and they have a
minimalist approach to not overspend. Either one will be able to do the
project.First recommendation is DLZ
from the committee. If they can’t get a good contract price then they will go
to Schmidt. McHenry likes to follow committee recommendations as they research
it well. A vote allows her to negotiate- not to sign the contract- That will
come to commissioners meeting.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS-
Lynch said the Highway dept has done a great job. They are really putting
the effort in. Messer will be at Janet’s Diner in Dillsboro if any wants to
meet Sat morning. Saturday Brett Bondurant will receive keys to their new home
at 11 AM.Little said that salt is in
short supply and so sand and grit will happen if we run out. They have found
some salt in Cleveland. McHenry said the ALICEtraining went well and staff feel much better prepared. He complimented
EMA on the course. One of the participants received a cut in the process and is
healing. Whitewater Mill was an excellent groundbreaking ceremony. Hopes we
have more.

LATE ARRIVAL
INFORMATION- Glen Wright- Recorder- said there is a national document
processing service for $88 scam going around. He wants to check and see if this
company is even registered or legit. The rest of this information other than
the deed is available quite cheaply from the recorders office.